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Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2015
Details of landings of sea fish, the Scottish fishing fleet and the number of sea fishermen employed.
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Table 2.6 Number of Scottish registered vessels by main fishing method ( 1) and length group as at 31st December 2015
| Main fishing method | Length group (metres) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10m & under | >10 -12 | >12 -15 | >15 -24 | >24 -40 | Over 40 | Over 10m | Total | |
| Demersal single trawl | 14 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 36 | 2 | 110 | 124 |
| Demersal pair trawl | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | - | 16 | 16 |
| Seine net | - | 1 | - | 9 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 21 |
| Lines | 34 | - | - | - | 10 | 1 | 11 | 45 |
| Demersal gill nets | 6 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | 9 |
| Demersal twin/mult trawl | - | - | - | 13 | 4 | - | 17 | 17 |
| Beam trawl | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Other demersal | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Demersal total | 54 | 4 | 3 | 96 | 75 | 5 | 183 | 237 |
| Purse seine | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Pelagic trawl | - | - | - | - | 1 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| Pelagic total | - | - | - | - | 1 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
| Creel fishing | 1,274 | 88 | 12 | 11 | - | - | 111 | 1,385 |
| Nephrops trawl | 70 | 36 | 35 | 84 | 3 | - | 158 | 228 |
| Mechanical dredging | 19 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 15 | 2 | 82 | 101 |
| Suction dredging | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Shell fishing by hand | 32 | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | 11 | 43 |
| Shellfish total | 1,395 | 141 | 66 | 136 | 18 | 2 | 363 | 1,758 |
| Total | 1,449 | 145 | 69 | 232 | 94 | 26 | 566 | 2,015 |
(1) For description of main fishing method see Annex 2: Glossary of Terms.
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